Fence.



PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

W A WILSON & G APEL FENCE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10 1906 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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ATTORNEYS.

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WVARD A. l/VILSON, OF WEST ORANGE, AND CHARLES APEL, OF KEARNY, NEWVJERSEY.

FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed July 10, 1906. Serial llo- 325,449.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, WARD A. WILSON, residing at West Orange, in thecounty of Essex, and CHARLES APEL, residing at Kearny, in the county ofHudson, State of New Jersey, citizens of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference generally to improvements in fences; andthe invention relates more particularly to that class of fences known inthe art as wire fences, usually comprising a series of posts or rods andstrands of wire strung from post to post and provided with some means offastening to retain the strands of wire in place.

Our present invention has for its principal purpose to provide a novelwire fence of the general character hereinafter more particularly setforth, all with a view of enhancing the general appearance of the fenceand simplifying the construction of the same, whereby a fence of thischaracter can be set up in very little time and a perfectly eflicientand rigid fence is the result.

Other objects of our present invention not at this time moreparticularly mentioned will be clearly understood from the followingdetailed description of the same.

l/Vith the various objects of this invention in view the said inventionconsists, primarily, in the novel fence hereinafter set forth; and,furthermore, this invention consists in the various arrangement andcombinations of devices and parts, as well as in the details of theconstruction of the same, all of which will be more fully described inthe accompanying specification, and then finally embodied in the clausesof the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part ofthis specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a front or face view of a portion of a fence embodyingthe principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail horizontal section,on an enlarged scale, said section being 1 taken on line 2 2 in saidFig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow w; and Fig. 3 is a similarsection, on an enlarged scale, taken on line 3 3 in said Fig. 1 lookingin the direction of the arrow y. Fig. 4 is an inner face view of aportion of one of the posts and a portion of a piece of tubing or rodused as a stiffening or reinforcing means, showing one means of rigidlysecuring these parts in their assembled relation by means of a fasteningor retaining pin; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the same, saidsection being taken on line 5 5 in said Fig. 4, a portion of the tubingor rod being shown in top View. Fig. 6 is a sectional representationtaken on line 6 6 in said Fig. 1 looking toward the inner face of thepost. Fig. 7 is a face view of the inner and upper portion of one of theposts provided with an ornamental cap or end piece and illustrating onemeans of securing the same upon the end of the post. Fig. 8 is avertical section of the parts shown in said Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 is atransverse section, on a slightlyenlarged scale, said section beingtaken on line 9 9 in said Fig. 7 looking in a downward direction andshowing in connection with said Fig. 9 the relative position of thestrengthening or reinforcing tubing or rod.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of theabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the referencecharacter 1 indicates a portion of the complete fence, illustrated moreparticularly in Fig. l of the drawings, and in which the referencecharacter 2 indicates a corner-post, 3 the posts which are disposedbetween two of the corner-posts, and 4 some of the usual forms of wirestrands or bands, usually of a twisted configuration.

With our novel construction of fence the various posts 2 and 3 are madefrom angleiron, so as to be L-shaped in cross-section, as shown, thecorner-posts 2, which, as will be evident, may be used also asgate-posts, being suitably set in the ground. in any suitable mannerthat they will have the relative angular relations toward one another,substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and 3 of the drawings. The wirestrands or bands 4, of which there may -be any suitable and desirednumber, according to the height of the fence, are stretched along theouter angular faces of the various posts 2 and 3 in the manner shownbeingfastened or secured in position upon said posts by means ofwire-fastening loops or bails ;5, which are passed around the wire andthrough each pair of suitably-stag- 5 gered holes or perforations 6 inthe two flat faces of the posts on opposite sides of the angular edgeforming the corner of the post.

The free end portions of each wire loop are then made in the form of atwist 7 within the to inner faces or the angle 8, formed by the sides ofeach post, said twisted portions being made sufficiently tight that theadjacent portions of the wire strands or bands 4 are firmly bound-uponthe outer angular faces of the corner posts 2, as shown in Fig. 3, or ofthe posts '3, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Suitable stiffening or reinforcing rods or tubes 9are-also used with theposts or uprights '2 and 3,'the angularly-arranged faces o'f'theposts 3beingmade with oppositelylocate'd holes or openings 10 of such suitableconfiguration that when theseveral posts 3 have been placedin alinementthe said rods -or-tubes 9- canbe passed through said holes or'openings10, so as'to have portions'eX- tending across the angle 8 of each'postor upright 3, and providingeach post 3 with a small angularreceiving-space 11, as clearly indicated inFig. 5 of the drawings.

To-rigidly connect the rods or tubes 9-with the posts '3 against anylateral and objectionable motion, a fastening or'retaining device 12 isemployed, this device being made in the form of a key or wedge, usuallyan ordinary 3 5 wedge-shapednail, which is tightly driven home-betweenthe inner faces of the posts 3 and-the cylindrical portionsof the rodsor tubes 9, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.Thus it will be clearly c -evident that a very-simple, efficient, andcheap'means has -been produced for rigidly connecting the parts, whichat the same time suitably strengthens and reinforces the entire fence.

Atthe corner *or gate posts 2, as'will be seen from an inspectionof'Fig. 3, the posts Zare differentlyset from the posts 3, so that theendportions'13 of the angularly-meeting rods or tubes 9 are made to liedirectly against the inner faces of the two sides of the posts 2,

theendportions 13 abutting substantially in the'manner shown, wherebyastrong brace is provided. Holes or perforations 14 are providedin theproper places in the sides of said posts 2, through which'wire loops 15are passed, said'loops 15having theirfree end portions extending,respectively, above and 'below each end portion 13 of the rod or tubeand made into a'twist 16 in the manner shown, so as to provide secureand permanent fastening devices for these end portionsof the rods ortubes.

Suitable ornaments 17 of any desired shape may be arranged and securedupon the upper portions of the posts 2 and 3.

ening-nut 28.

To secure the ornament in place,-it is provided in its body preferablywith a screw-threaded socket 18, the lower flat surface 19 of the bodyresting upon a base-plate 20, which is provided with a hole 21,corresponding to the location of the socket 18, so that the parts may beconnected by means of a screw 22, screwed into place, substantially inthe manner shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings. EX- tending downwardly fromthe base-plate 20 are angularly-disposed members or flanges 23,corresponding to the inner angular faces of thepost, all of which willbe clearly understood from an inspection of Figs. 7, 8, and 9 of thedrawings.

Any suitable fastening means may be employed for securing thebase-plates 20 upon the upper end portions of the posts. The

preferred means is'that shown in the drawings and consists in providingtheposts with countersunk holes 24 and the-flanges 23 withcorrespondingly located holes 25, screwheaded bolts 26 being arrangedinthe registering'holes 24 and 25 in the manner shown and theprojectingand screw-threaded end 27 of each bolt 26 being supplied with a tight-Inthis manner these parts are properly and cheaply connected, and theornament being removable from the baseplate 20 any other ornament thatmay-be desired can be substituted for the one shown.

We claim 1. In a wire fence, the combination, with a post made fromangle-iron of a V-shaped cross-section, said post being providedin itsangular sides with oppositely-located openings, of a strengthening rodextending through said openings and across the inner angle between theangular sides of theipost, all arrangedto form a triangularly-shapedspace between the inner faces of thesides of the post and the portion oftherod'within said inner faces, and means within saidtriangularly-shapedspaceof thepost and the rod in frictional holding engagement with theparts for securing said rod in place against lateral movement,substantially as "and for the purposes set forth.

2. In .a wire-fence, the combination, with a post made from angle-iron,'saidpost being provided inits angular sides with oppositelylocatedopenings, of astrengthening rod eX- tending through said openings andacross the inner angle between the angular sides of the post, and a keywithin said angle of the post for keying said rod in position against:lateral movement, substantially as and'for the pur posesset forth.

3. In a wire fence, the combination,with-a post madefrom angle-iron,said-post being provided in its angular sides with oppositelylocatedopenings, of a strengthening-rod extending through said openings andacross the inner angle between the angular sides of the 'post, and awedge-shaped. nail in engagement with the inner faces of the angularsides of the post and a portion of said rod, for securing said rod inposition against lateral movement, substantially as and for the purposessetforth.

4. A fence, comprising a series of posts made from angle-iron of aV-shaped crosssection, said posts being provided with stag geredperforations, located respectively in the angular sides of each post, ofa wire strand arranged against the outer angular edge of said post, awire loop extending around said wire strand, the free end portions ofsaid wire loop extending through said staggered perforations and formedwith a twist within the inner angular portion of the angle-iron post,

each post being provided also in its angular sides withoppositely-located openings, and a strengthening-rod ext ending throughsaid openings and across the inner angle between the angular sides ofthe posts, all arranged to form a triangularly-shaped space between theinner faces of the sides of each post and the portions of the rod withinsaid inner faces, and means within said triangularlyshaped space of theposts and the rod in frictional engagement with the parts for securingsaid rod in place against lateral movement, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

5. A wire fence comprising an end post 2 and a series of posts 3, saidpost's being made from angle-iron, said posts 2 and 3 being providedwith staggered perforations arranged upon opposite sides of the angularedge of each post, and said post 2 being provided also in each of itsangular sides with a pair of perforations, a series of wire strandsarranged against the outer angular edges of said posts, wire loops extending around said wire strands, the free end portions of said loopsextending through said staggered perforations and formed with twistswithin the inner angular portions of the angle-iron posts, said posts 3being provided also in their angular sides with oppositely-locatedopenings, strengtheningrods extending through the openings in the sidesof the posts 3 and across the inner angles of said posts, and said rodshaving their end portions arranged directly against the inner faces ofthe angular sides of the posts 2, and a wire extending through each pairof perforations in the sides of said posts 2 and the free end portionsof said wires being formed with a twist, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

6. A wire fence comprising an end post 2 and a series of posts 3, saidposts being made from angle-iron, said posts 2 and 3 being provided withstaggered perforations arranged upon opposite sides of the angular edgeof each post, and said post 2 being provided also in each of its angularsides with a pair of perforations, a series of wire strands arrangedagainst the outer angular edges of said posts, Wire loops extendingaround said wire strands,

the free end portions of said loops extending through said staggeredperforations and formed with twists within the inner angular portions ofthe angle-iron posts, said posts 3 being provided also in their angularsides with oppositely-located openings, strengthening-rods extendingthrough the openings in the sides of the posts 3 and across the innerangles of said posts, and said rods having their end portions arrangeddirectly against the inner faces of the angular sides of the posts 2,and a wire extending through each pair of perforations in the sides ofsaid posts 2 and the free end portions of said wires being formed with atwist, and means within the angles'of said posts 3 for securing the rodsin position against lateral movement, substantially as andfor thepurposes set forth.

7. A wire fence comprising an end post 2 and a series of posts 3, saidposts being made from angle-iron, said posts 2 and 3 being provided withstaggered perforations arranged upon opposite sides of the angular edgeof each post, and said post 2 being provided also in each of its angularsides with a pair of perforations, a series of wire strands arrangedagainst the outer angular edges of said posts, wire loops extendingaround said wire strand, the free end portions of said loops extendingthrough said staggered perforations and formed with twists within theinner angular portions of the angle-iron posts, said posts 3 beingprovided also in their angular sides with oppositely-located openings,strengthening-rods extending through the openings in the sides of theposts 3 and across the inner angles of said posts, and said rods havingtheir end portions arranged directly against the inner faces of theangular sides of the posts 2, and a wire extending through each pair ofperforations in the sides of said posts 2 and the free end portions ofsaid wires being formed with a twist, and a key within the angle of eachpost 3 for securing the rods in position against lateral movement,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. A wire fence comprising an end post 2 and a series of posts 3, saidposts being made from angle-iron, said posts 2 and 3 being provided withstaggered perforations arranged upon opposite sides of the angular edgeof each post, and said post 2 being provided also in each of its angularsides with a pair of perforations, a series of wire strands arrangedagainst the outer angular edges of said posts,

wire loops extending around said wire strands, the free end portions ofsaid loops extending through said staggered perforations and formed withtwists within the inner angular portions of the angle-iron posts, saidposts 3 being provided also in their angular sides withoppositely-located openings, strengtheningrods extending through theopenings in the sides of the posts 3 andacross the inner angles of saidposts, and said rods having their end portions arrangeddirectly-against-the inner faces of the angular-sides of the posts 2,and a wire extending through each pair of perforations in the sides ofsaid posts 2 and the free end portions of said wires being formed with atwist, anda Wedge-.sha ed nail in engagement with the inner faces 0 theanan angle-iron post, of a supporting means upon the upperiportion ofsaidpost, comprising a'base plate, downwardly-extending angular flangeson said base-plate, said flanges registering with the inner angle formedby the sides of the post,-said sides and esa'gsaes flanges beingprovided :with registering perforations, and fastening screws or boltsin said perforations, an ornament on sai'dbaseplate, said ornament beingprovided with a screw-threaded socket, and said base plate being formedwith a perforation registering with said socket, and "a screw extendingthrough said perforation and screwed into said socket,-substantially asand for thepurposes set-forth.

In testimony that We claim the invention set forth above We havehereunto set our hands this 7th day of July, 1906.

WARD A. WILSON. CHARLES .APEL.

Witnesses: I

'FREDK. C; FRAENTZEL, FREDERIGK JAMIsoN.

